Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon
Original Title	ブラック・ラグーン (Burakku Ragūn)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Ocean Productions
Voice Director	James Corrigall
Translation & Adaptation	Stephen Hedley Paul Baldwin Kim Wishart Goddard
Recorded	2007-2008
Dub Country	Canada
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	12
Year	2006
Chronology
Successor	Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

Black Lagoon (ブラック・ラグーン Burakku Ragūn) is a Japanese anime series based on the manga of the same, written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe.

The series aired in Japan from April to June 2006. A second season, Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage, aired in Japanese between October and December 2006. The series was licensed for an English language release by Geneon Entertainment. However, following Geneon's closure, FUNimation Entertainment picked up the rights to both seasons.

Synopsis Rokuro Okajima is a small-time salaryman who is carrying documents for his company, when the ship he's traveling on is attacked by pirates. Kidnapped, he discovers to his dismay that his employers' main concern is to ensure the documents don't get into the wrong hands, even if it means sending the carrier to the bottom of the sea. Now, with his former life ruined and his kidnappers seeming comparatively friendly, "Rock" decides to join their merry band of mercenaries, and sets out with a new career to the shadier corners of the South China Sea.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
The Lagoon Company
	Rokurō Okajima / Rock	Daisuke Namikawa	Brad Swaile
	Revy	Megumi Toyoguchi	Maryke Hendrikse
	Dutch	Tsutomu Isobe	Dean Redman
	Benny	Hiroaki Hirata	Brian Drummond
Hotel Moscow
	Balalaika	Mami Koyama	Patricia Drake
	Boris	Taiten Kusunoki	Mark Acheson
The Hong Kong Triad
	Bai Ji-Shin Chang	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Trevor Devall
	Leigharch	Akimasa Ōmori
	Shenhua	Yūko Sasaki	Saffron Henderson
Aryan Socialist Union
	Rachmann	Ryūji Nakagi	Richard Newman
	Kruppen Feller	Ken Narita	Brian Dobson
	Fritz Stanford	Yōichi Nishijima	Mark Gibbon
The Lovelace Family
	Garcia Lovelace	Kazue Ikura	Cathy Weseluck
	Roberta	Michie Tomizawa	Tabitha St. Germain
Protectors of the Islamic Front
	Masahiro Takenaka	Katsuhiko Sasaki	Fred Henderson
	Ibraha	Ken Yamaguchi	Mackenzie Gray
Other Characters
	Bao	Shirō Saitō	Alec Willows
	Abrego	Hisao Egawa	Eli Gabay
	Kageyama	Jōji Nakata	Ross Douglas
	Vice President	Takaya Hashi	Michael Dobson
	Fujiwara	Kenichi Morozumi	Hiro Kanagawa

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode(s)
	E.O. Captain	Masahiko Tanaka	Paul Dobson	1 - 2
	Mayer	Yūichi Nakamura	Alistair Abell
	Chinese Man	Tōru Nara	Scott McNeil	1
	Storm	Yōichi Nishijima	Louis Chirillo
	Kageyama's Wife	Sayuri Ikemoto	Tabitha St. Germain	2
	Kageyama's Son	Tōru Nara	Alistair Abell
	Kageyama's Daughter	Rika Morinaga	Maryke Hendrikse
	Cargo Ship Captain	Yōichi Nishijima	John Novak
	Chin	Shūetsu Tōkaichi	Louis Chirillo	3
	Verrochio	Banjō Ginga	Scott McNeil
	Luak	Naoya Uchida	Alistair Abell
	Cafe Girl	Komina Matsushita	Tabitha St. Germain
	Myna Bird	Asami Yaguchi	Hiro Kanagawa
	Wentzel Ahbe	Shigeru Ushiyama	Brian Drummond	4
	Spielberger	Takaya Kuroda	Michael Dobson
	Colonel Matsuto	Hitoshi Bifu	Hiro Kanagawa
	Sonar Operator	Yūichi Nakamura	John Novak
	Alfred	Fumio Matsuoka	French Tickner	6
	Sister Yolanda	Akiko Takeguchi	Shirley Milliner	7
	Eda	Jun Karasawa	Lisa Ann Beley
	Rowan Pidgeon	Masaki Aizawa	Adrian Holmes
	Chief Watsap	Masaaki Tsukada	Dale Wilson
	Parrot	Asami Yaguchi	Tabitha St. Germain
	Menshov	Kenta Miyake	Richard Newman	9
	Japanese Man	Yōichi Nishijima	Ted Cole	11 - 12
	TV Reporter	Yūichi Nakamura	Clay St. Thomas	11
	CIA Agent 1			12
	CIA Agent 2	Kenta Miyake	Viv Leacock

Additional Voices

• Alistair Abell
• Mark Acheson
• Louis Chirillo
• Ted Cole
• Trevor Devall
• Michael Dobson
• Brian Drummond
• Eli Gabay
• Richard Newman
• Tabitha St. Germain
• Andrew Toth

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2008	Starz Edge	United States
2013	FUNimation Channel
2014	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim/Toonami)

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Content	Region	Country
Geneon Entertainment	2007		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			3 Volumes
FUNimation Entertainment	2008		The Complete Series
			3 Volumes
	2009		The Complete Series*
			8 Discs
	2012		The Complete Series	A DVB-T
			7 Discs
	2012	+	The Complete Series*	1 NTSC + A DVB-T
			7 Discs
	2015		The Complete Series**	A DVB-T
			5 Discs
	2019		The Complete Series**
			5 Discs

*With The Second Barrage.
**With The Second Barrage and Roberta's Blood Trail.

See Also

• Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
• Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail

External Links

• Black Lagoon (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Black Lagoon at the Internet Movie Database